In modern French, cambuse can refer both to a ship's storeroom and to the North-American railcar.
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The toilet was simply an outhouse-style hole cut in the floor with a stool on top of it. When the caboose was in service, the toilet was only to be used while the train was rolling out in the country.
There are many slang terms used to describe such cars, such as jalopy, beater, clunker, hooptie, old banger (most commonly used in the UK), but the most popular being junk car.
Eat On a Train, Sleep in a CabooseOur caboose hotel in Dunsmuir also features an on-site restaurant, The Dining Car Restaurant. You can almost hear the whistle blow and the train sway as you enjoy a delicious meal prepared just for you in our galley kitchen.
Other than a refrigerator/watercooler and a bathroom there are almost zero ammenities on a locomotive. Only way a engineer can go to bathroom is by stopping his train or if the conductor is a certified engineer he could run for while.